New research on coral microbiome

[Peter Houde]

New research highlights the importance of coral reefs. And it makes me wonder about what is in our aquaria and what is its importance to the well-being of our corals and other livestock.

 

[KrisReef]

I looked but don't understand. My neural diversity isn't able to assimilate this much information or to comprehend the implications from the data.

I might try again later, but thanks for posting for those folks that can comprehend the implications of the data reported. Getting old and feeble it seems.

 

[Peter Houde]

Here's a link to a popularized article (if R2R allows me to post a link):

Epic voyage finds astonishing microbial diversity among coral reefs

World’s largest survey of Pacific corals clocked 100,000 kilometres, collecting 58,000 samples from 249 locations, including Indonesia, Japan and Papua New Guinea.

www.nature.com